Wagon-brake.



J. GIBBS.

WAGN BRAKE.

APPLIGATION FILED MARAQ, 1912.

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Patented Dec. 9,

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(il/@inname J. GIBBS.

WAGON BRAKE.

APPLIOATION FILED mnu), 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH :io-.WASHINGTON D. c.

JOSHUA (MBBS, 0F FUIRR-l, TEXAS.

WAGON-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 19, 1912. Serial No. 634.667.

Zen of il lfnrrh, in die county olE Panels sind ellnle of 'lll-eres, here invented certain new :ind

useful lmprefements in legion-Brakes. ol'K which the lfollo'wing is :i specification., rel erenee beinghed to the :1 :eonipmiying druivings.

rlihis invention relates to improvements in horse demehinp; devices :ter vehicles.

@ne olijeet of the invention is to provide ai device oi this eher-meter having1 means whereby the seine may be readily end quickly operated by the driver to release the draft animals.

nether object is to provide uV horse de* teehing device 1which will he simple, strongeg, dnraihle end inexpensive in constructionj eflicient and reliable in operation, and which may lee readily applied to any style of Vehiele.

lWith these and other object-s in View, the invention consists oit certain novel features oi construction, combination and arrange ment et parts as will be more fully descril'ied end claimed.

l'n 'the accompanying' drawii'igs: Figure l. is :i side View oil e Wogen with the neer Front wheel remeyed, showing1 my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is zi plan View ol the front end of the running` gear of the Wagon and the draft devices showing the rel-easing; mechanism oi the detz'iehing device applied to the letter. Figa 5l is :l vertical eress seetion through the Wegen body lool." j toward the iront axle. llig. l is a. detail side "View oli one of the trece eonneetinp,l :1nd releasing' hooks .find the means for connecting the seme to the swingletree. Fig. is e. similar View oit ene ott the hearings for the roel; shalt oi the device.

My improved horse detzieher comprises e rock shaft l9 which is mounted to turn in hearing brackets or rings 2, secured to e suitable part of the yehele and which are here shown es projeeting.;` rearwardly from the front eide 3, to which they are secured by reetnngnlifir clips 4;. The shaft l is held against slipping longitudin ally in the breekets Q hy stop pins Secured to the shaft neer its ends sire Crank firms 6, to which are connected short forwardly extended eenneeting cables 7, having secured to their 'ternfzird ends eyes or loops 8. tllidzihly engaged between their ends with the eyes or loops 8 :ire releasing cables 5L the llorrmrd ends ol which :ire Connected to the stems or leve-rs l0, et the truce eoniieetine :ind relezisingnien'ihers ll. The members ll eeniprise heads which :ire pivotelly meunier in supporting limcltets 13, secured to the ends el? the swine'letrees, seid heads l2 haying liorn'ied thereen eecentrienl y dispcsed lieols lst, with Which when the hooks are in the position shown in Fig. l :1nd in the dotted line position shown in l? 1l, mii-y he engggziktged the eyes or rings lll oil the treees The brackets l?) compi'ise hands lli, Whieh lit :irennd the ends olf the swimrletrers und have their lower e@ ls ent ont sind extended to forni the lisse pr lon l?, oilI brackets and having' en their upper ends `"eiliienlly disposed pzirsllel bearing pluies 1S.. which are secured to the lisse portion lf2' :is shown. lll/dien the e) s or rines ll of the traces ere thus engaged with the eonnecting,l members ll the pull on the traces will hold the hooks et the members in position to securely festen the traces.

ln order to dise/nglige the hoelcs ll from the eyes or rings in the traces to release the letter7 l provide :in operating; meehenism comiijirising e ersnh shaft l), which if desired may lie part el the brakingmechanism of the vehicle7 whereby the lirzll Vehicle tney be applied sinniltil :ns-ly Willi the relezisingg of the drzilit animals. rlElle shi-lit ll) here shown :is being mounted to turn in lorneliets 20, seeured to the und-rr side oil the w talon body. Fixed on the shejlt l) midway between the ends is e erzielt erin Q1, having); in its end :in eye QQ, with Which is engaged an spel-ating cable l, the ends ot which are connected to the crank arms 6 on the rook slmlt l.

@n one end el the crzinl shaft l@ is secured :i erzinh arm .il-il, which is eonneeted hy :i rod Q5, to hand lever QG. piro-ted to one side. oli the wagon liody Within eenvenient reach from the drivers seet, :1s shown. The upper end elf the lever is confined by e guide her 27,. :ind the lever is held in :in operative position hy e coiled spring' 2S.

By Constructing' end arranging my improved releasing mechanism as herein shown and described it will be seen that it is simply necessary for the driver to push the lever 26 forwardly, which operation will turn the crank Shaft 19 and said shaft through its connection with the shaft l, will rock the latter thereby causing the crank arms thereon to pull back on the cables 7 and 9 which will swing the trace connecting and releasing members l1 upwardly, thus disengaging the hooks 14- from the eyes or rings in the races and releasing the latter and the draft animals, thereby relieving the occupants of the vehicle from all danger incident to the running away of the draft animals and also saving the wagon or other vehicle from p0ssible demolition.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

A horse detaching mechanism for vehicles, comprising shaft supporting brackets adapted to be secured to the front axle of the vehicle, a rock shaft mounted in said brackets, crank arms lixed on said shaft, brackets secured to the swingletrees of the vehicle, trace connecting and releasing members, comprising heads pivoted in said brackets, operating levers formed on said heads, eccentrically arranged trace fastening hooks also formed on said heads, flexible connections between said levers and the crank arms on said rock shaft, whereby when the shaft is rocked said trace releasing members will be actuated to release the traces and means to rock said shaft.

ln testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA GIBBS.

lVitnesses J. T. JOHNSON, NELSON CLARK.

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